Section: US & Canada
READ: State Department special adviser for Ukraine’s testimony in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats on Monday released additional transcripts taken from closed-door testimony during the impeachment inquiry into … …read more Source:: The...
Trump Described Ukraine Call as ‘Perfect,’ But Some Republicans Say It Wasn’t
For weeks, as Democratic critics of U.S. President Donald Trump have called for his impeachment, the U.S. leader has repeatedly described his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “perfect.”Though it is a violation of U.S. campaign finance law to seek foreign government help in a U.S. election, Trump had asked...
Meadows May Be Auditioning To Be Chief Of Staff As Trump Cools On Mulvaney
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has been spending an awful lot of time with President Donald Trump lately, sparking speculation that he’s angling for Mick Mulvaney’s acting chief of staff job. According to the Washington Examiner, Meadows has recently traveled with Trump to New York and Kentucky, two trips to which he had no personal...
Ukraine, rebels say pullback in the east is completed
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatist rebels have completed a pullback of troops and weapons from an area in eastern Ukraine embroiled in a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people, officials said Monday. The disengagement near Petrivske that began Saturday followed a recent similar …...
After boost from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine
Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured an oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government. …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...
Look Forward, Not Back
It is not altogether surprising that the thirtieth anniversary of the collapse of communism has prompted many to question the choices made during post-communist transitions in the Central and Eastern Europe. In many places, Soviet-style planning was replaced by cronyism and mafia regimes, while other countries saw ethnic strife and war. And even...
PBS Correspondent: Dems Hoping for Tearful Impeachment Hearings
PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor said congressional Democrats are looking for emotional witnesses to get viewers invested in impeachment proceedings. Alcindor told MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell that Democrats are hoping to make viewers “emotionally attached” to this week’s impeachment hearings by bringing...
The Slow-Boil Revolt
Here is the unenviable calculation retired senior military officials must make in this politically unprecedented moment: Say nothing as norms shatter around you, and you’re implicitly enabling a president whom some of your former colleagues believe is threatening national security. Speak up, and you risk destroying the balance of power that...
Report: State Department defied White House, released Ukraine aid before President Trump says he authorized it
Although President Donald Trump said he released aid money to Ukraine on Sept. 11 without a public statement from Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky about investigating the Bidens, Bloomberg reported that the State Department actually released the aid days earlier, and Trump may not have released it at all otherwise.President Trump’s...
Ukrainian Forces, Separatists Complete Pullback From Frontline Area
Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists say they have completed a pullback of troops and weapons from a frontline area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
